News, analysis and opinion pieces on equality published on AGENTE LEX.
Organic Law 3/2007 defines sexual harassment and harassment based on sex, treats them as discriminatory in all cases and obliges companies to promote working conditions that prevent them. We review what it means for a firm's organisation.
Royal Decree 901/2020 regulates equality plans and their registration. For a firm that is growing, the threshold of fifty workers triggers an obligation with precise deadlines. We review how headcount is counted, what the plan must include and how long it lasts.
Law 4/2023 obliges companies with more than fifty employees to have a planned set of measures for the equality of LGTBI people, with a protocol against harassment and violence. Royal Decree 1026/2024 specifies how to negotiate it and what it must include.
The European pay transparency directive sets June 2027 for the first gap reports of large companies. The Spanish text is still a draft. Law firms have good reasons not to wait.
Directive (EU) 2023/970 obliges companies, law firms included, to explain how they pay and to measure the pay gap between women and men. The Ministry of Labour has published a draft royal decree to transpose it in part. We summarise both texts.
